Abstract
Lupus vulgris (LV) is a chronic, progressive, and destructive form of cutaneous tuberculosis. This occurs in moderate- to high-immunity patients against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which a shows strongly positive Mantoux test. We present a case of LV located on the nose of a 14-year-old girl that led to nasal septal perforation. In this modern era of antibiotics, septal perforation secondary to LV is very rare.
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